Fri. 9/23/11 9:27am
Doug Schulkind:
Thank you for inquiring, Richard. One of our other beasts is still really freaked out. He won't go in the basement (which is where our old cat chose to spend most of his last days). Unfortunately, that is where the cat box is. (This too shall pass.)

Fri. 9/23/11 9:44am
Richard:
How interesting to hear the Koko cut -- she sounds so different on this from the Koko I know (what seeems like a lifetime ago, I co-produced an album she did for Alligator, "The Earthshaker"; she was a real sweetheart).

Fri. 9/23/11 9:45am
jill:
Good morning all! This music makes the dreary grey day a little brighter.
So far, every song that you have played is in itself a tribute to Trane and what influenced him. Good work sir. Here's a good read on the Indian concepts in Coltrane's music:
http://depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/isam/Newslet%20F07/Clements%20F07.htm

Fri. 9/23/11 9:56am
El Thatchmo:
There's a Last Poet talking in the Panther's Black Power Mixtape movie. I went w/ a cop the other night. Both of us cried. Well worth watching.
Stokely and Angela! OMG!

Fri. 9/23/11 9:57am
dc pat:
glenn: I'm with you...but some times I have to go with Son House.

Fri. 9/23/11 10:54am
Doug Schulkind:
Hi Monica, big ol' hole in the soul, for sure. Mouse was pretty much at my feet, hanging out with me for the past 16 years. Virtually every radio show planned during that time was with Mouse's companionship. And you know, he loved every selection.

Oh no, Listener Bill. I'm so sorry for you.

Fri. 9/23/11 10:55am
El Thatchmo:
Oh, come on Doug!?!
Lee?!?

Fri. 9/23/11 10:56am
ndbob:
Sorry Bill.

Fri. 9/23/11 11:01am
Brian in Uk:
Claude & Peris send their best.

Papa Wemba has some good dance moves, so do his backup singers!!

Fri. 9/23/11 11:02am
Carmichael:
Lots of passings in the DrumSum diaspora this summer, it seems.

Fri. 9/23/11 11:25am
annie:
i've been sitting over there on the office chair entering numbers into spreadsheets.. listening, not commenting.. enjoying it all very much.. sailing through this paperwork ..

Fri. 9/23/11 11:26am
Doug Schulkind:
Blessed Sonny, who spent so many years living on the streets of San Francisco.

You truly are a renaissance woman, Annie. From organic gardening to spreadsheets—and back!

Fri. 9/23/11 11:43am
Richard from Venezuela:
Greeting Doug and all the listeners.

Fri. 9/23/11 11:45am
listener james from westwood:
i blame my next-door neighbor. he has been making hooting and gibbering sounds all morning. his brain implant is interfering with the pitt-jc link.

Fri. 9/23/11 11:45am
listener james from westwood:
heya richard!

Fri. 9/23/11 11:48am
Richard from Venezuela:
Hi james

Fri. 9/23/11 11:51am
jill:
My husband tells me it's Ray Charles' birthday today - his legacy isn't overshadowed by Tranes - but the legendary status that Coltrane has received may be due to his short time on earth and the catlogue that he produced...